tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72234556405710705702024-03-13T07:20:02.793-07:00Miek's MeanderingsI'm a 50 something starting her second life in California.Annemiekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069734895206546556noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223455640571070570.post-54894979655676298912018-03-24T18:42:00.000-07:002018-03-24T18:42:06.313-07:00Book Report<div style="text-align: center;">
Since getting the job of quilt fabric sales representative a little over four years ago I have not read a book according to my husband. </div>
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Instead I have an account with <a href="http://www.audible.com/">Audible</a> and I listen to books.</div>
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I am read to as I drive the freeways of California and Nevada.</div>
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Recently I finished listening to The Burgess Boys by Emily Strout. </div>
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I so enjoyed this book and was sad when it ended.</div>
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Its about family dynamics which I think we all can relate and I highly recommend this book.</div>
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I am now currently listening to the fourth book in the series by Robert Bryndza of the Detective Erika Foster novels. </div>
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While my criteria for buying Audible books is they must be 10 hours or more I have enjoyed this series and their twist which happen to be just under the 10 hours of enjoyment.</div>
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I am constantly looking for good books to read and would love to hear recommendations from others.</div>
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Annemiekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069734895206546556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223455640571070570.post-65405753016758079692018-01-30T19:00:00.000-08:002018-01-30T19:02:06.907-08:00Meet Fred<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For those of you not in the know I am a sales representative of quilt fabric and am on the road visiting quilt shops in California and Northern Nevada at least 4 to 5 days of the week.</div>
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(I have mentioned to a friend recently I really need to sell automotive parts as I think I would make a whole lot more money.)</div>
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I'm in the car A LOT.</div>
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The car I had been driving I inherited from the husband when he decided to upgrade and had low mileage.</div>
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I have been driving that car for the past four years and managed to get the mileage up to 184,000.</div>
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While it has been well maintained it was starting to show its age and mileage and I decided it was time to get a new car.</div>
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One that would have all wheel drive so I didn't need to worry so much about the weather conditions going to Nevada and certain parts of California.</div>
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Other then that I wanted something appealing to my eye.</div>
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So this is Fred.</div>
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Named after Mr. Rogers of the <a href="http://pbskids.org/rogers/">wonderful PBS show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.</a><br />
Reliable, soothing and always wearing a cardigan.</div>
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I look forward to spending a lot of time with Fred.</div>
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We've already managed to spend a little over 2,000 miles together this month.</div>
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This past November I took a class with designer <a href="http://www.sandramollonquilts.com/">Sandra Mollon</a> at <a href="http://www.thistledewquiltshoppe.com/">Thistle Dew Quilt Shoppe</a> in Fair Oaks, California to make an embroidered pincushion.</div>
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In the class Sandra showed us how to use embroidery, beads, memory wire and metallic ink to create a beautiful dragonfly pincushion.</div>
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I used <a href="http://www.stoffabric.com/">Stof Shabby Chic Linen Blend</a> for my background.</div>
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It's taken me a few months to complete but I'm very happy with my finished pincushion.</div>
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And no I don't think it will ever be used as an ACTUAL pincushion - it's a work of ART!</div>
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Annemiekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069734895206546556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223455640571070570.post-79734935450210236192017-12-27T21:50:00.002-08:002017-12-28T08:31:04.145-08:00Add Flag Making To My Resume<div style="text-align: center;">
My daughter recently starting working for a family owned candy company in Oklahoma City.</div>
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One day she asked if I could make them a flag for their flag pole outside.</div>
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Never one to say no to a request from one of my children I said "Sure".</div>
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How hard could it be?</div>
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First was finding the material to make the flag.</div>
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After perusing several possibilities I found ripstock in the colors I needed.</div>
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Then to the design.</div>
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I had Rachel send me a copy of their logo to try and replicate<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> it.</span><br />
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I went old school. I grided the logo in inches and then grided on freezer paper three inches to size it up.<br />
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The hardest part to the design was trying to figure out how to make it the same on both sides.</div>
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After several sleepless nights, which is normal for me, I came apon a plan.</div>
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(I do my best problem solving in the middle of the night. My Fitbit will attest to that.)<br />
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I am very happy with the finished product but already have thoughts on how to construct the next one. Yes there will be a next one. It's Oklahoma City. There will be tornadoes and lots of wind.<br />
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And no people I'm really not for hire to make flags. I only do this for love or dark chocolate English toffee from Woody Candy Company.<br />
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Annemiekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069734895206546556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223455640571070570.post-67459623795232778922017-06-03T20:47:00.000-07:002017-06-03T20:47:37.022-07:00Just call me Leslie<div align="center">
With a name like mine I get called a lot of variations.</div>
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On my birth certificate it is Johanna Maria Petronella Vrinds.</div>
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I was named after my Dutch father's mother.</div>
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I have been called Annemieke by my family and friends all my life.</div>
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Or Miek by a select few.</div>
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This past week I needed an oil change and so I went to the local automotive center that has been servicing our cars for the last several years.</div>
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After my oil change yesterday I noticed I was leaving oil spots behind at the few places I stopped.</div>
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I also put some paper under my car when I got home to check.</div>
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Yes, I was leaking oil.</div>
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This morning I went back in to the automotive center to share it seemed I was leaking oil.</div>
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The gentleman that owns the business decided my name was Leslie.</div>
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I'm really not sure why.</div>
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And I decided it was easier to answer to Leslie then try and correct him and get him to call me Annemieke.</div>
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So I now answer to Leslie.</div>
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And my car is no longer leaking oil.</div>
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Annemiekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069734895206546556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223455640571070570.post-37073485886664432932016-11-24T18:00:00.002-08:002016-11-24T18:00:48.244-08:00Happy Thanksgiving<div style="text-align: center;">
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Taken at the <a href="http://www.fwbg.org/">Japanese Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth</a>.</div>
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Annemiekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069734895206546556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7223455640571070570.post-52519338505471156122016-08-16T21:53:00.001-07:002016-08-16T21:53:34.582-07:00Trying Something Different<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This past Christmas Jim and I gifted to Rachel, Kelsey and their husbands a month of <a href="https://www.blueapron.com/?cvosrc=search-paid.bing.brand-exact-30&utm_campaign=brand-exact-30&utm_medium=search-paid&utm_source=bing">Blue Apron</a>.</div>
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For those not in the know Blue Apron is a" nationwide delivery service that sends you a box of pre-portioned meal ingredients with recipes."</div>
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Jim and I are a family of two.</div>
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I cook from scratch but I have gotten in to a little bit of a rut.</div>
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While I would like to be a little more creative generally there is a LOT of left overs.</div>
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With that in mind we decided to try Blue Apron for ourselves.</div>
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Last week we had our first delivery.</div>
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I am amazed at what dying brings out in those that are living.</div>
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I drove four wheel drive Chevy Suburbans. We had horses and it was wonderful hauling a bale of hay, feed or tack for a show. I could also transport up to six children where ever was needed.</div>
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Towards the end of the time I lived in Texas I was down to one child who needed a driver.</div>
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A two seater convertible 2008 Chrysler Crossfire in red.</div>
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The very last year they were made.</div>
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A few Fridays ago my friend Liz and I attended the <a href="http://quiltcraftsew.com/sacramento.html">Sacramento Quilt, Craft and Sewing 2016</a> held at Cal Expo.</div>
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As you can tell by the name it has vendors from all over selling items to help you quilt, craft and sew.</div>
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One of the first booths we visited was <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/SHARP-SEWING-SUPPLIES">Sharp Sewing Supplies</a>.</div>
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If you filled out a slip with your name and email address for their drawing they gave you this great bag which was perfect to put your show purchases in. Being that I live in California I never pass up a free bag. I filled out the form for the drawing not really paying any attention to what you would win.</div>
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<em>I do apologize for being so cavalier but I have enjoyed using the bag for my groceries.</em></div>
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Imagine my surprise last week when I received this email announcing I was a winner!!!!!</div>
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A hundred dollar winner!!!!</div>
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Today my winnings showed up.</div>
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I had a real quandary deciding what to get. Sharp Sewing Supplies has a great selection of rulers, needles, sewing notions and even parts for most sewing machines.</div>
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I finally decided I would get a new rotary cutting mat.</div>
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My old mat has seen better days. I have had this mat over 30 years. Yes people THIRTY years. My three children, now adults, used my mat for many school projects, hence the interesting paint and ink spots. My mat was made before they put measurements on them. I'm not even sure the maker of the mat.</div>
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Recently I have noticed bits of green on my rotary cutter and thought maybe it was time to replace it.</div>
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It will be hard to say goodbye to my old friend.</div>
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<em>Actually I'm just going to put the mat in the guest room and test the new one out before really saying goodbye.</em></div>
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So in the mail today I received a new Clover 24" x 36" mat.</div>
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I also decided to splurge for new rotary cutters. </div>
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They are kind of like scissors - you can never have too many.</div>
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I normally use my 45 mm rotary cutter for everything but thought it would be nice to try a 28 mm cutter. </div>
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I know, I've been sewing and quilting my entire life and just now trying a 28 mm rotary cutter.</div>
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We'll see if it revolutionizes my sewing life.</div>
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I added the pack of sewing machine needles just to get as close as I could to $100.</div>
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Thank you so much <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/SHARP-SEWING-SUPPLIES">Sharp Sewing Supplies</a></div>
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Jim thinks I should start playing the lottery!</div>
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This past December I was trying to find different ways to avoid decorating our Christmas tree that Jim had brought home. I made appointments, tried extra cleaning the house (I had to get ready for the kid's visit) and looked for any option that I might have an excuse to not put ornaments on the tree.</div>
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One of the local quilt shops near me (I am blessed to have several close by) <a href="http://www.fabricgardenquiltshop.com/">Fabric Garden</a> was offering mini demo's for quick and easy projects on a Saturday. </div>
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I signed up and enjoyed a wonderful afternoon smelling fabric fumes.</div>
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One of the projects demo'ed was <a href="http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/products/sweetpea-pods">Sweetpea Pods by Lazy Girl Designs</a>.</div>
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Using two 10" squares of fabric, a 10" piece of fusible pellon and a zipper you can make two of these pods.</div>
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Each pod uses one side of a zipper.</div>
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Fortunately the good people at <a href="http://store.atkinsondesigns.com/stores_app/browse_item_details_ws.asp?shopper_id=32863292046213286&store_id=913&page_id=23&item_id=1135">Atkinson Designs</a> make colorful zipper pulls so you can use both sides.</div>
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Back in 2013 I started my journey of the Dear Jane Quilt.</div>
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I have now been working on it on and off for several years.</div>
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This is the year I would like to maybe finally finish it.</div>
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For clarification I said that last year.</div>
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This year I have hoped to finish up several ongoing projects.</div>
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I'd like to think its part of the job.</div>
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I have every week my personal shop hops in California, Nevada and Oregon and it really is so hard to resist that fabric temptation.</div>
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This is currently where I am on my Dear Jane.</div>
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When I was in Texas this past September for the wedding of Kelsey and Mike,<br />
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Dru Ann and I did what we always do and visited a few of the local quilt shops. You never know what they might have that I haven't seen here in California. I usually end up coming home with something I just have to have. This time it was a pattern for a very LARGE bag.<br />
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The bag is called Anything Goes from <a href="http://auntiestwo.com/pattern.html">Aunties Two Patterns.</a></div>
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I took this picture on top of my washing machine. Yes it is an odd place to take it but I was trying to give some sort of reference so you can tell the size of the bag. IT IS BIG! You could fit a small dog in it. I couldn't get Millie to model inside the bag but you get the idea.<br />
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To make this bag you need 40 2 1/2"x 42/44" strips. I used a package of Sumatra batik precuts from <a href="http://www.blankquilting.com/">Blank Quilting</a> called the Oceanside Collection. <br />
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I then had to break out this bad boy to zigzag the strips together. I normally sew on a Juki which just goes forward and back in a straight line which is all I need when sewing. I picked this machine up a few years ago very inexpensively so when I occasionally need to zigzag I can. I don't know much about the brand, there's not a lot of information out there about Morse sewing machines, but this one works like a charm!</div>
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Aside from being a awesome bag I thought I might be able to make this a class I could teach. After spending a weekend working on it I decided that wasn't feasible. It takes a lot of time to make the strips.<br />
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My favorite son, yes he is my only son, informed me recently that he wanted to come to California for Christmas.</div>
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I am always up for visitors since we rarely get any. It really saddens me more people don't want to come and enjoy that what is California. The invitation is always out there people.</div>
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A little ways back I convinced the DH that we didn't need to have beds in all three bedrooms. So we are now a two bedroom house with an office/sewing/crafting room.</div>
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Yes I got my own space to sew, quilt, knit and do office things but I might also have migrated just a little into the "guest bedroom". </div>
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It's hard to believe but in less then a month my favorite middle child Kelsey is getting married.</div>
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This warm hearted, strong willed, creative, nurturing, animal loving woman will be pledging her heart to Mike.</div>
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As I am sure most people are aware the state of California is currently going through a major drought.<br />
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I was in Texas last month for the marriage of my beautiful daughter Rachel to the very handsome Brad.<br />
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I have been using this water to keeps my potted plants in the back yard hydrated.</div>
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In just less then a month my oldest daughter, Rachel, is getting married to a wonderful young man by the name of Brad.</div>
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Many changes are coming her way.</div>
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A last name that is more than one syllable, a new home in Oklahoma and a new job.</div>
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Free to a good home a cute puppy by the name of Maizy although she doesn't answer to that so you can easily change her name.</div>
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EARLY morning riser (6:00 o'clock is early in my book) who is ALMOST house and crate trained.</div>
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Every year I make Jim a pair of socks for Christmas.</div>
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This year I am really ahead of the game.</div>
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His socks are done for 2015.</div>
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The yarn is <a href="http://madelinetosh.com/store/index.php/yarns/tosh-sock.html">Madelinetosh Sock</a> in the color Spectrum that I bought at <a href="http://www.madtosh.com/">Madtosh</a> last September when I was in Texas.</div>
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The sock pattern is the <a href="http://mushroomknits.com/socks/skypribsocks.html">SKYP Rib Socks</a> from Mushroom Knits. I actually just used the stitch pattern for the socks and did my normal heel and foot pattern for the rest.</div>
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I am in the car driving quite a bit. Some of my driving is on the highway, other times it is in town, stop and go. I generally like to keep a simple wash cloth knitting project as my companion on the road. Stop lights are great opportunities to get a little knitting done and I've also found myself stopped in the mountains as they are working on the roads. Might as well accomplish something.</div>
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Today was one of those working days where you have to step back and say "Really!!!!!!!!!"</div>
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And now that I got that off my chest let's talk about Turkey Pot Pie.</div>
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Jim and I did the Thanksgiving holiday together at home, just the two of us.</div>
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I cooked turkey dinner for us and all the trimmings but sadly no dessert as he is not a fan.</div>
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We take the paper and the Sunday Parade magazine had a recipe for <a href="http://communitytable.com/352585/parade/oh-my-turkey-pie/">Oh My! Turkey Pie</a></div>
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